When the newly elected New York mayor Zohran Mamdani was recently mocked for eating with his hands, it exposed the enduring afterlife of colonial hierarchies.
In modern India, the brinjal still divides opinion – loved and disliked alike – centuries after Akbar-Birbal, its many names evoke diverse emotions and cultural associations nationwide.
Assam’s decision to arm select communities echoes past vigilante experiments outlawed by India’s Supreme Court and risks deepening divisions in an already fractured society